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August 11, 2026

Court Rules Insurer Has No Duty to Defend Employer in Fatal Workplace Accident Case

August 10, 2026

7th Circuit affirms lower court decision over insurance coverage in Tipton County wrongful death lawsuit

August 10, 2026

Out-of-network drug costs 67% higher in workers comp

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Workers' Compensation

Court Rules Insurer Has No Duty to Defend Employer in Fatal Workplace Accident Case

An employee of High Performance Alloys, Inc. died while working at the company’s facility. The deceased employee’s estate sued the company for wrongful death, alleging gross negligence, willful and wanton conduct, disregard of safety regulations, and actual intent to cause injury. The complaint referenced prior safety violations, knowledge of hazardous conditions, failure to implement available safety measures, and a claim…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
August 11, 2026
Personal Injury

7th Circuit affirms lower court decision over insurance coverage in Tipton County wrongful death lawsuit

A federal appeals court has affirmed a lower court ruling that an insurer doesn’t have to provide coverage for a Tipton County employer facing wrongful death litigation. High Performance Alloys Inc. is facing a lawsuit from the estate of plant manager Elliot Sullivan over injuries from a 2022 accident at the plant that led to his death. In an opinion…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
August 10, 2026
Workers' Compensation

Out-of-network drug costs 67% higher in workers comp

Injured workers’ prescriptions filled outside pharmacy networks cost an average of 67% more than comparable in-network medications, according to an analysis released Friday by Enlyte. The report analyzed calendar-year 2025 retail pharmacy, mail-order and paper medical bill prescription transactions across workers compensation and auto casualty claims, comparing utilization and spending between in-network and out-of-network channels to provide a broader picture…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
August 10, 2026
Personal Injury

Formula Makers Can’t Force NEC Cases Into Federal Court, Appeals Court Rules

Several parents whose premature infants developed necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) after being fed cow’s milk-based formula at Pennsylvania Hospital sued the manufacturers of the formula, as well as the hospital, in Pennsylvania state court. The parents alleged that the manufacturers’ products caused NEC and that the hospital failed to warn of the risks and implement policies to protect patients. Some plaintiffs…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
August 3, 2026
Personal Injury

Stricter NEC formula warning wouldn’t have stopped infant’s death: Appeals court

A West Virginia woman whose baby died from a disease allegedly caused by consuming cow's milk-based infant formula won't get the chance to revive her lawsuit against Abbott Labs, the maker of the formula, because the "alternative warning" she and her lawyers proposed wouldn't have made a difference, a federal appeals court has ruled. On July 24, the U.S. Seventh…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
August 3, 2026
Personal Injury

Pediatrics group tries to escape endangered bid to block FL AG’s suit over kid transgender medicine

Faced with the prospect of a potential landmark appellate court ruling against them, the American Association of Pediatrics has moved to drop altogether their bid to use Chicago's federal courts to block Florida's state attorney general from using Florida's courts to press his claim the AAP violated a Florida state law by allegedly misleading the public about the safety of…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
July 27, 2026
Workers' Compensation

Court OKs $45M verdict in talc asbestos case, including unprecedented $30M for ‘reduced lifespan’

An Illinois appeals court has thrown open a new avenue for personal injury lawyers and others to claim potentially massively enhanced verdicts, as the court upheld a $45 million verdict awarded by a Cook County jury to the family of a woman who died of mesothelioma, allegedly caused by exposure to talc in Johnson & Johnson baby powder — a…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
July 20, 2026
Personal Injury

Seventh Circuit Sides with Pharmacy in Cooler Shelf Injury Case

A customer was injured at a retail pharmacy when numerous beverage bottles fell from a cooler shelf, striking him and causing him to fall. The coolers in the store were stocked by both employees and independent beverage vendors, with vendors responsible for the majority of products and annual “resets” involving shelf removal and cleaning. Employees did not oversee these resets…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
July 13, 2026
Personal Injury

Court of Appeals reverses trial court’s ruling that city of South Bend is not liable for pothole injury

The Indiana Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s ruling that the city of South Bend should not be held liable for the injuries a man obtained after falling into a pothole in downtown South Bend two years ago. The Court of Appeals determined that the city failed to designate sufficient evidence to prove it was entitled to immunity under…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
July 7, 2026

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